Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Brickfield, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brickfield
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.34525, -8.57478
- SMR number
- LI055-048----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on poorly drained floodplains of a stream which runs past the monument to S. Outline of small circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 6m) defined by a ditch visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 16/03/2016. Faint outline of possible barrow visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13.
See attached Google Earth orthophotos taken 16/03/2016
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 29 May 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.